RYLA in the ROUGH

 

 

 

Club Camper Spot Allocation: 

All clubs that get to send 4 campers have been chosen. If you did not receive a call from me to send 4 campers, please only select two. All clubs must choose campers based on 50% male to 50% female. If you send two campers: you must select 1 boy and 1 girl. If your club gets to send 4 campers, you must select 2 boys and 2 girls. This is done due to the cabin and bed layout of LCRA.

 

The deadline for Camper Registration Forms will still be March 15, 2021. If you can get these in early, that would be greatly appreciated so that the RYLA Registrar team has time to checks for corrections needed. You can find the registration packet on the left hand side of this website. There is also a Power Point available that goes into criteria for camper selection.

 

 

We would also like to let you know where the RYLA needs are, so that your club can consider extra donations. We are currently under our projected budget, and would like to ask any club that can, to please consider sending additional funds to support the program.

 

We are anticipating the cost of food to be higher than normal due to an increase in prices due to COVID-10. We ask that all clubs (even though that do not sponsor campers or meals) please consider sending an additional $250 to help cover this increase.

 

In the past few years, the donations sent for food have allowed us to have a budget of $2.70 per camper per meal. 2018-19 that was increased to $3.33 per camper per meal. During the 2018-19 Rotary year, only 11 clubs sent money to cover the 16 meals that are served at RYLA. As a District, we need to ensure that we have the proper budget for food costs. We ask that all clubs, whether you are sponsoring a meal or not, consider sending some money for food. There is an area on the attached form to indicate a meal sponsorship.  We do not want to continue to increase registration fees to cover food.  For those clubs that send the $500 meal sponsorship, you will still have the opportunity to come out and serve a meal at RYLA. This will continue to be done on a first come first serve basis. 

 

Our RYLA staff would love to grow this program. July 2019 was the first year that the campers have been able to participate in this program. The campers had an amazing time, and RYLA staff would love to increase their reach. Any extra donations would be greatly appreciated.

 

Did you know that every year RYLA provides a $500 scholarship to one or more campers, if the budget allows? We even award an Amazing Ali scholarship in memory of Carroll Sharps granddaughter. Luckily, we are always able to award at least one, but it would be amazing if you club wanted to help one of our counselors pay for college. Interested staff are able to fill out applications at camp, and our Camp Director reviews them to make a decision on who will be awarded a scholarship.

 

 

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